Friday, January 1, 2010

New Years Resolutions


In the year 2010 I want to miraculously find the time to:

-Practice my harp at least 5 hours a week; memorize my first lesson book.
-Learn how to re-string and tune by myself.
-Stop trying to be nice, stop trying to be anything...but me. Ever. I will accomplish this with sublime concentration upon the now, with heart opening intentions ever present. I think I'm already getting pretty good at this one.
-Bury, hide, place, throw, offer dozens more crystal offerings to Mother Earth.
-Practice mandala building and sun/rain dancing.
-Practice building Dahlia's vocabulary, spelling and reading skills with her everyday.
-Blog, journal, creatively write as much as possible so my writing skills don't become whittled down to a pathetic stream of academic platitudes...
-Workout in some capacity 5 days a week whether trail running, jogging in my neighborhood, weight training in the gym, swimming, diving, gotta mix it up!
-Join a pole dancing class that I attend once a month and go with awesome girlfriends.
-Join African/Belly Dancing class that I attend 4 times a month.
-Get flexible enough to touch my palms fully to the ground and beyond.
-BREATHE!!!! slowly and consciously every day.
-Remember that I am everyone I encounter. Obtain the strength to deal with those beings who remind me of the worst parts of 'me.'
-See an Alvin Ailey performance and form a single puddle of quivering joy from the experience.
-Get into the PhD program in Political Science at UCLA please please please PLEASE I want this one more than almost anything else, you hear me universe!!!!
-Learn more about tantric sexuality.
-Be a better listener.
-Always trust my gut instincts.
-Get my yoga teacher certification/start tae so doo, whichever I have time for.
-Eat more salads and fruit while im at school, less pizza and pizza...and pizza.
-Become a published author.
-Start a part-time jewelry company with Kelly that becomes wildly successful, and eventually develops into an online store!!!
-Start a flourishing urban garden as the first G-Project, that becomes part of the urban gardening movement in Santa Monica.
-(Now this one is a maybe) Rejoin the diving team...as a Bruin?! I've already contacted the coach, and if he gives me the go ahead I might have to take him up on his offer.
-Find some sort of new music genre I've never listened to and thoroughly explore that.
-Go on an all girls roadtrip to Oakland...maybe more than once?! (yeeeah Melissa we gon' do it BIG TIME!!!!!)
-Attend two really kick ass concerts that go down as two of the best of my life.
-Dance naked, outdoors...somewhere!!!
-Kiss and hug my daughter a zillion grillion more times. :)
-Wean Dahlia from breast-feeding, for the love of Goddess!!!
-Sing more, where ever.
-Go surfing. It could happen! Its been many years...but it could happen!
-Add at least ten more dishes to my cooking repertoire, two of them being from India.
-Take a sewing series class, buy first sewing machine, make first piece of clothing by machine, cry hysterically, repeat in some fashion. Watch Project Runway obsessively, try to copy their success at home. Have a ridiculously good time in the process.
-Travel somewhere outside of California. It doesn't have to be international but I better be crossin' some borders I tell you what.
-Make it to all my classes on time. This is a MEGA-stretch...but as long as I am getting all my work in on time I suppose I can allow myself some leniency with this one.
-Find one pair of extremely kick ass motorcycle boots, acquire them and stomp around campus like nobody's business.
-Increase my knowledge of classical and jazz music.
-Paint at least one painting a month. Hang on the walls...not allowing them to collect in corners.
-Move into a new house?!?!?!? This one could be BIG.

It will be fun to look back of this list on the dawn of 2011(!!!) and see how many I accomplished...and how many I surpassed by my wildest dreams!!!

Blessings to everyone in 2010. Peace and Love...

1 comment:

  1. Don't over extend yourself woman! I'm exhausted just from reading your list...and you've got a kid! However, I must tell you, I admire your ambition. Best of luck with all that you aspire to achieve!

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